This girl.

Shopping. Driving.

New bed for Ellen!

Thanks to a generous donation, Jon was able to build Ellen a new loft bed, complete with under-bed cave!

Ducklings!

Our friends who have the chickens added three ducks to their "farm." So cute!

Spring!

Snow!

 Back in February we got the most snow I'd seen in years! It was good for two snow days and a 4-day weekend!

Sick Ellen

 Ellen got sick back in January, and it was so sad! She even fell asleep on the exam table.

Cindy's shower

Back in January I got to fly to California - by myself - to attend a bridal shower for my sister.  It was great to have a girls' weekend!

 Breakfast by the palm trees...

Chickens!

New clothes from Aunt Shirley!

Dog pile on Daddy

Abby likes a clean room

Staff Christmas party

 My principal hosted a Christmas party, and had all sorts of fun things for the kids to make.

Christmas cookies

Personality.

Church Kids Choir

Mohawk baby

Back in December, we decorated the Christmas tree

Thanksgiving in Ontario

 The girls decorated a "Beaver" tree.

 By the end of our trip, all four were sleeping in the walk-in closet.

 Ellen approved of Uncle Paul's grape pie.

Abby and the nail polish

I feel like I'm going back in time and trying to catch up on six months of missing blog time!  Back in November, Abby took a nap in our room, but ended up getting into my nail polish.  Lesson learned!